Where does Alps Electric Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alps Electric Co., Ltd. ranks #1,729 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Alps Electric Co., Ltd. hold?

Alps Electric Co., Ltd. holds 236 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 99 technology areas.

What is Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Alps Electric Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 49.3 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alps Electric Co., Ltd. focus on?

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 61 patents. Grants appear in 99 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -99% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.4 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Alps Electric Co., Ltd. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 236 granted patents across 99 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alps ranks #1,729 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 236 patents across 99 technology areas.

#1,729
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1729 · Foreign Corporation #1,729 · 236 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 236 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,729/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Microtech…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 99 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
23andMe · near

49
Alps Electric · this assignee

49
National University… · near

49
Neuravi · near

49
Newport Fab · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alps's Innovation Score is 49.3/100 (top 15% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

How Alps's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. received 2 grants versus 234 in 2015–2019 (-99% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 69 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 25.8% of the portfolio across 99 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH (#1,725) and Nidec Motor Corporation (#1,733).

Alps's three-year grant acceleration

Alps Electric Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Sartorius Stedim…

237
Tsubakimoto Chain

237
University of Lou…

237
AAC Microtech (Ch…

236
Beijing Zhigu RUI…

236
Johnson & Johnson…

236
Meidensha

236
Nidec Motor

236
Alps Electric ◀

236

What this shows Alps holds 236 patents at rank #1,729, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alps

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,729 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Alps's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alps, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Newport Fab, LLC 49 Neuravi Limited 49 23andMe, Inc. 49 National University Corporation Okayama University 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.4 here).

Yamabiko Corporation 8.4 avg Zhejiang LAB 8.4 avg Kabo Tool Company 8.4 avg Advanced Digital Broadcast S.A. 8.4 avg

Alps's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alps Electric Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	45	19.1%
2016	54	22.9%
2017	69	29.2%
2018	51	21.6%
2019	15	6.4%
2021	1	0.4%
2023	1	0.4%

Which technologies does Alps Electric Co., Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 61

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 36

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 35

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 17

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 15

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 14

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

H03K - Pulse Technique 12

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 11

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

H04B - Transmission 8

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

Top 15 of 99 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,729

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 25.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,729 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alps Electric Co., Ltd. against Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.3/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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